Marshall Hill, administrator for the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development's Monroe District Office, discusses the upcoming closure of the Louisville Bridge.

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Two public meetings concerning what promises to be the biggest traffic disruption in recent history for Ouachita Parish are scheduled this week in West Monroe and Monroe.

Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development administrators and officials from both cities will be on hand to discuss two separate four-week closures of the Louisville Bridge this summer.

"We'll have some displays showing what we believe will happen with traffic patterns and suggestions on what can be done to ease the pain as much as possible," said Marshall Hill, administrator for the Louisiana Department ...